Rock Mama NYC is a New York City based lifestyle blog that aims to encourage, inspire, and lift people up through fashion, beauty, hair and lifestyle.
I grew up in Japan and lived in San Francisco for 10 years. Now, I have been living in New York City for about 8 years. Until I moved to New York City I have never heard of or eaten chocolate babka...
Read MoreOne of the reasons I like to raise my son in the city is that real art is everywhere in the city. One day my son and I were walking near Union Square park and we saw a cool sculpture...
Read MoreNew Yorkers love to be fit and healthy. I would say that salad is the most poplar lunch in the city, especially during the summer time. We have many salad places in the city. I think the most poplar one is Sweet green...
Read MoreOne of the reasons I love New York city is that I can find many cool events everywhere, especially during summer time. I went to an event for Vienna tourism in front of the Flatiron building and Madison Square Park...
Read MoreI love New York City, there are many beautiful parks and the parks offer many events, especially during the summer time. One of my favorite parks in Manhattan is Madison Square Park...
Read More"Tiger is a Danish design store with a quirky, ever-changing selection of own-designed and branded products at affordable prices, all in whole $. 80 % of all products are priced at under $6..."
Read MoreMost of the people who live in New York City has a favorite area in the City. Mine is The East village. One of the reasons I like the East village is that there are many nice community gardens...
Read MoreI love desserts! My experience here in the United states is that for the most part, desserts are too sweet I'm always looking for my type of dessert. One that makes me happy to look at, and tastes good. One day, my husband brought cakes for me from Mason Kayeer, which is founded by Eric Kayser in Paris in 1996.
Read MoreLast Halloween, we went trick or treating in The East village. We visited many stores and often, the stores give kid's artificial candy. Few stores give kid's quality treats. One of the stores, the Macaron Parlour in The East village were giving away spacial macarons to each kid.
Read MoreOne cold winter day, my son and I were in front of the Blind Barber Shop in the East village waiting for a bus. Rob, who is head barber at The Blind Barber Shop welcomed us inside the barber shop and let us wait for the bus to come. Since then, Rob is my son's super hero.
Read MoreThe World Trade Center transportation hub (Santiago Clatrava's Oculus) is finally opened, although only partially! It is so beautiful and fancy. The neighborhood around there is also changing a lot with many new buildings and ongoing construction. Downtown New York is changing so much..
Read MoreThe Lunar New Year starts February 8th. This year is the year of the Monkey. One of my favorite chocolate shops, L.A.Burdick, just started to sell Lunar New Year chocolates last weekend. What I love about their chocolate is that they make small portions of chocolate with out using preservatives. It is always fresh and good quality...
Read MoreThe morning after a snow storm is a beautiful moment. My husband, Masashi Ohtsu who is a photographer, took a walk the morning after the storm to take some photographs. I love the contrast between the white snow and blue sky...
Read MoreWe had our first snow storm in New York City on Saturday, January 23rd. I love to look at snow photos of New York City very much. The snow magically changes a busy and crowded Manhattan view to a quiet fantasy snow world. I didn't step out even once. Thank you to Rock Papa for these photos...
Read MoreThe National Museum Of Mathematics is not a place that sounds like a fun place to go for me. A mom I know went there and told me that her children had a really good time there and that it is a cool spot to visit. We decided to go to the museum one freezing day on a long weekend. It is really conveniently located right by Madison Square Park...
Read MoreI have a sweet tooth and I love doughnuts! I also love Japanese sweets. The doughnut and Japanese flavors marry at the Doughnut Plant! This occasion is to celebrate 11 years of the Doughnut Plant in Japan. I went to the store to buy these doughnuts immediately after they announced the Japanese flavors...
Read MoreI found another cute vintage store called East Village Vintage Collective. When I step into this store I can feel a lot of positive energy and power. They have many colorful, fun and pop vintage things. Are you getting bored wearing all black? You should go check out East Village Vintage Collective...
Read MoreNew York City is getting into the holiday spirit. Last week was the Christmas tree lighting at Madison square park. The park has a really nice kids play ground and we used to go there a lot before my son started to go a school. The day of the Christmas tree lighting, I arrived there around 4pm...
Read MoreHello, do you have plans this weekend? Holiday shopping? If you are looking for something rare and unique gifts from NYC, I know great place to go. It is called Lower East Side holiday pop up store located at 365 Grand street at Essex street...
Read MoreHave you ever heard of Eloise? Eloise is a series of children's books written in the 1950s by Kay Thompson (1909–1998) and illustrated by Hilary Knight (b. 1926). Eloise is a girl who lives in the "room on the tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel in New York City with her Nanny, her dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee...
Read MoreRock Mama NYC is a lifestyle blog about a working mom in the beauty industry in New York City. She aims to encourage and inspire others by sharing ideas about fashion, beauty, hair, and lifestyle.
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